The oldest person ever was Jeanne Calment who lived from 1875-1997. That's 122 years and some days. There may be people who lived longer. The distinction is that Calment's age has been verified.
Across mammals, lifespan can vary 100-fold. Bowhead whales are considered the longest-living animals. They can live for more than 200 years. The whale’s enormous size – 20 metres long and up to 100 tonnes in weight – creates some unique challenges that are of particular interest to biologists. For instance, if its cells burnt energy at the same rate as mice cells, the excess heat would boil the surrounding water, so it has evolved to live with a slower metabolism and lower body temperature.
Isn't it interesting to find out about science facts in such interesting ways. Perhaps jokes are a similar sort of experience. The unexpected is fascinating and humorous. Here are the whale jokes that seemed to fit this experience:
I feel like school subjects need to be represented by animals English should be a hawk, they have good eyes, and you need good eyes for reading. History should be bowhead whales since they’ve lived through more than anyone else. And finally, maths should be snakes, I hear they’re great Adders.
I was sitting in a bar one day and two really large women came in, talking in an interesting accent. So I said, “Cool accent, are you two ladies from Ireland?” One of them snarled at me, “It’s Wales, dumbo!” So I corrected myself, “Oh, right, so are you two whales from Ireland?” That’s about as far as I remember.
What do you call a group of killer whales playing music together? An orca-stra!
What do groups of whales listen to together? *pod*-casts
What do whales like to draw with? A-krill-ic paint
Gerry is writing an article for the Porsche magazine about his car. I took this picture last Fall - the sun rays happened naturally - no filters applied.
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